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Special Forces operate deep behind enemy lines with top-of-the-line weapons.Host Wil Willis tests the Sig Sauer P226, the preferred choice like the Mark 25 by Navy SEALs, against competitors like the H&K Compact Tactical.

Chaim Rumkowski, leader of the Lodz ghetto during WWII, believed cooperation with the Nazis could save lives, providing labor in exchange for food. This approach kept some semblance of community and culture alive amidst unimaginable horror.

In Hitler’s Germany, those with Jewish ancestry faced harsh Nuremberg Laws. Full Jews faced death; Mischlinge endured discrimination, job bans. Some, like Helmut Schmidt, unaware of heritage, found protectors like Milch in high places.

Could the mighty M2 be the greatest machine gun in history? Nicknamed “Ma Deuce”, this American machine gun has dominated battlefields for over 80 years. Host Wil Willis tests it and recreates Audie Murphy’s famous Medal of Honor moment.

In WWII's final months, Allies discover Nazi death camps, prompting a sweeping denazification of Germany post-war. Nuremberg trials convict top Nazis. Former Nazis are employed by the West in the Cold War struggle against the Soviet Union.

Operation North Pole was a WWII German deception using captured SOE agents to mislead Britain. 47 of 50 agents were captured. Despite warnings, SOE ignored signs of compromise to maintain support, leading to a major intelligence failure.

In 1924, Hitler is convicted for High Treason after the failed Nazi power grab. In prison, he writes Mein Kampf, articulating his anti-Semitic and expansionist beliefs. Upon release, Hitler rebrands the Nazi Party.

När Nazityskland invaderade Polen 1939 och Sovjetunionen 1941 följde särskilda insatsgrupper (Einsatzgruppen) i den tyska arméns fotspår.

E1 begins with a brief examination of the rationale of hatred projected by Hitler onto the Soviet-Slavic-Jewish world. Then it leaps forward, to see Hitler initiate an invasion of the USSR.

Monty treks one of the toughest and most famous freedom trails out of Nazi controlled France, taking him through the valleys and high ridges of the Pyrenees mountains and into Spain.

The SIG consisted of German speaking Jewish volunteers from Palestine. They had a highly dangerous job: which was to pose as Germans behind enemy lines and extract intelligence and do acts of sabotage. Few had a long-life expectancy.

This is the story of how Hitler orchestrated the genocide of 6 million Jews. Hitler portrayed Jews as a societal threat, using Goebbels' propaganda. Deportations were masked as resettlements while Auschwitz-Birkenau became a death factory.

Leon Degrelle, a charismatic Belgian leader, joined the Nazis and led Die Wallonien on the Eastern Front. Despite no military background, he earned the Knight's Cross for valor. He recruited 4000 more for the SS, defending Berlin until April 1945.

Pierre Laval, once celebrated and later reviled, faced execution in 1945 for collaboration with the Nazis during Vichy France. Originally a socialist and pacifist, he fell into collaboration for power and to navigate the horrors of occupation.

The Gatling Gun, designed to change 19th-century battlefields, now reigns supreme in the skies as a high-speed offensive weapon. With a 150-year legacy of havoc it continues to be a formidable force.

In January 2012, Italian divers discovered the wreck of a massive plane off the coast of Sardinia. At a depth of 65 meters (213 feet) lies a Messerschmidt “Gigant”.

In January 1945, Nazi Germany faces defeat as Allied armies close in. Hitler, aged 55 and in poor health, remains defiant in his Berlin bunker. On April 30th, 1945, Hitler commits suicide, and days later, Germany surrenders, ending World War II.

They are iconic weapons: the Tommy Gun, Uzi, and today’s MP5. Invented to break WWI stalemates, the submachine gun revolutionized warfare and culture. Host Wil Willis explores its evolution, firing the Thompson and BAR.

The AK-47, the world's deadliest firearm, sparked a Cold War race for superior assault rifles like the American M4 and German HK 416. Host Wil Willis explores its history, from Mikhail Kalashnikov's WWII experiences to its assembly and lethal impact.

Hitler finds his political destiny in post-war Munich. He quickly dominates a fringe party & builds it into the Nazi Party. He recruits infamous men to the cause including Herman Goering & Heinrich Himmler & they plot a coup known as the Beerhall Putsch.

In 1945, during the Italian Spring offensive, SOE agent Michael Lees and SAS officer Roy Farran led a raid on German HQs at Villa Rossi and Villa Calvi. Despite orders to cancel, Farran attacked with SAS men and partisans, killing many Germans.

Operation Ratweek’s existence has always been denied. However WMR has now discovered evidence that it existed and was carried out.

Dusan Popov was almost certainly James Bond. Ian Fleming knew all the stories about him. Popov managed to persuade both the Germans and MI6 to keep him in the style of a millionaire businessman while performing a series of missions against the Nazis.

Anton Adriaan Mussert, initially resisted Hitler’s anti-Semitism despite modeling his NSB party, even welcoming Jewish members. His failed attempt to kidnap Queen Wilhelmina led him into hiding, after which he collaborated in hopes of gaining power.

By 1944, Hitler's image as a victorious leader is crumbling. He faces a bomb plot led by Stauffenberg and Tresckow, intending to kill him and overthrow the regime. Hitler survives the bombing, triggering a brutal reprisal against conspirators.

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